Publication date
2006
Topics
Koratty, Veliath, Kerala, India, Thrissur, HDV, HD, Linux, HDR-HC1, toddlers, kids, babies, cinelerra, h.264, x264, vanilla, lotus, mpg1394grab, transcode
A 4min home video of my family and relatives. They are based in the South Indian state of Kerala.
To play the clips sequence on Windows download Media Player Classic ( http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/guliverkli/mpc2kxp6490.zip?download ) and FFDshow ( http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ffdshow-tryout/FFdshow-Tryouts-20060921-rev215-sse2.exe?download for P4 systems). Both are open-source pieces of software.
The clips were captured on an HDR-HC1 and imported using mpg1394grab. It was put together and rendered via cinelerra, deinterlaced with transcode, scaled down from 1440x1080(HDV) to 1088x720 (stretched to 1280x720 during playback) with yuvscaler of mjpegtools and encoded into an H.264 video stream using x264. The whole tool-chain was run from within cinelerra-cv (using its yuv4mpeg pipe output feature) to generate the final H.264 stream in 3 passes(to increase the PSNR). Audio was finally multiplexed in using mkvmerge of mkvtoolnix. All the aforementioned processing was on an Intel PC running the Gentoo distribution of Linux.
mplayer (Available from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ for Linux and Windows) plays the clips sequence flawlessly as well. I use a 2.8GHz P4 based system.
Key to the clips in the sequence:
1) Fountain in the little lotus pond in our "lawn". Said "lawn" now being de-weeded and re-planted - hence the barren look.
2) Fish in the fish-tank adjacent to our verandah. The big cat-fish is more than a metre long.
3) White Lotus in the pond.
4) Pink Lotus in the same pond.
5) My sister's younger daughter on the left. My cousin's son on the right.
6) My sister and her older daughter joining the kids.
7) The woman in green is my cousin.
8) Holding up her son in her arms
9) He has a strange way of showing affection...
10) My dad on the left, my step-mom (who we call Memma) on the right and her uncle in the middle.
11) Dad and Memma going around the lotus pond.
12) Our house. Her uncle is peering into the fish tank.
13) My dad's second oldest SIL and her grand-daughter by her son Chakkappan who pops out of the door towards the end of the clip.
14) My dad's second oldest brother coming back from a bit of shopping.
15) Chakkappan holding his daughter, his wife holding my second niece and my sister holding her oldest daughter's arm pointing out a low flying aeroplane.
16) The weight of generations...
17) Vanilla vines & beans that were a big commercial success in Kerala a few years ago. Much of the agriculture in Kerala is of the "cash crops" category, typically targeted for export. The higher cost of labour (which is a good thing) in our state necessitates this.
18) Younger two of our four dogs - left: Ruby, right: Robo.
19) Mickey - oldest dog we have. Shes blind, deaf and has cancerous growths all over.
20) Lassie - Mickey's companion. Has been neutered (ouch). And yes, their names don't match their gender.
To play the clips sequence on Windows download Media Player Classic ( http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/guliverkli/mpc2kxp6490.zip?download ) and FFDshow ( http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ffdshow-tryout/FFdshow-Tryouts-20060921-rev215-sse2.exe?download for P4 systems). Both are open-source pieces of software.
The clips were captured on an HDR-HC1 and imported using mpg1394grab. It was put together and rendered via cinelerra, deinterlaced with transcode, scaled down from 1440x1080(HDV) to 1088x720 (stretched to 1280x720 during playback) with yuvscaler of mjpegtools and encoded into an H.264 video stream using x264. The whole tool-chain was run from within cinelerra-cv (using its yuv4mpeg pipe output feature) to generate the final H.264 stream in 3 passes(to increase the PSNR). Audio was finally multiplexed in using mkvmerge of mkvtoolnix. All the aforementioned processing was on an Intel PC running the Gentoo distribution of Linux.
mplayer (Available from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ for Linux and Windows) plays the clips sequence flawlessly as well. I use a 2.8GHz P4 based system.
Key to the clips in the sequence:
1) Fountain in the little lotus pond in our "lawn". Said "lawn" now being de-weeded and re-planted - hence the barren look.
2) Fish in the fish-tank adjacent to our verandah. The big cat-fish is more than a metre long.
3) White Lotus in the pond.
4) Pink Lotus in the same pond.
5) My sister's younger daughter on the left. My cousin's son on the right.
6) My sister and her older daughter joining the kids.
7) The woman in green is my cousin.
8) Holding up her son in her arms
9) He has a strange way of showing affection...
10) My dad on the left, my step-mom (who we call Memma) on the right and her uncle in the middle.
11) Dad and Memma going around the lotus pond.
12) Our house. Her uncle is peering into the fish tank.
13) My dad's second oldest SIL and her grand-daughter by her son Chakkappan who pops out of the door towards the end of the clip.
14) My dad's second oldest brother coming back from a bit of shopping.
15) Chakkappan holding his daughter, his wife holding my second niece and my sister holding her oldest daughter's arm pointing out a low flying aeroplane.
16) The weight of generations...
17) Vanilla vines & beans that were a big commercial success in Kerala a few years ago. Much of the agriculture in Kerala is of the "cash crops" category, typically targeted for export. The higher cost of labour (which is a good thing) in our state necessitates this.
18) Younger two of our four dogs - left: Ruby, right: Robo.
19) Mickey - oldest dog we have. Shes blind, deaf and has cancerous growths all over.
20) Lassie - Mickey's companion. Has been neutered (ouch). And yes, their names don't match their gender.
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